Just as he was about to lose his temper, he realized that the noise was very familiar. He frowned and looked outside, and saw a fat figure walking towards him.
My mood instantly worsened...
"What are you doing, Madam Li? I don't wish to see any guests today. Please leave."
Mrs. Qian's face was sullen, her displeasure written all over her face.
For some reason, seeing Madam Qian like this made Madam Li very happy; her smile almost reached her temples.
She deserved it for knowing He Jiu Niang's identity but not telling them, causing them to offend an important person!
"Oh dear, Madam Qian, you haven't forgotten that we offended Madam Lu yesterday, have you? My husband scolded me when he got home yesterday and told me to go apologize to Madam Lu today. That's why I was thinking of asking Madam Qian to come along. When I arrived at your door, I heard from the servants that you were in a bad mood, so I came in to see you."
The words were caring, but the smile on her face couldn't be hidden; it reeked of artificiality.
Seeing her like this made Madam Qian even more upset, and she said, "I'm not feeling well today, let's go in a few days."
"Madam Qian seems to be fine. Have you seen a doctor?"
"It's nothing serious, thank you for your concern, Madam Li."
Mrs. Qian maintained a polite facade, nodding with a forced smile.
“Oh dear, since it’s not a big deal, then come with me to see Madam Lu. After all, we were in the wrong yesterday and offended her. Speaking of which, Madam Qian, you’re not very kind. You know her status, why didn’t you try to persuade us? Never mind, there’s no use saying this now. Let’s go and apologize first.”
She waved her hand, preparing to pull Madam Qian out together, but Madam Qin dodged her with disgust. Finally, she couldn't help but say coldly, "I've already said I'm not feeling well, so Madam Li, please don't force me. That's enough for today, I won't see you off."
After saying that, she turned and left, not giving Madam Li a chance to speak at all.
Madam Li wasn't angry. She watched her walk away with a smile before going back to find her own daughter.
On the way, she overheard an interesting piece of gossip: two maids passing by were discussing how their master had been so angry last night that he hadn't returned home.
The prefect was so angry that he didn't return home. It must be because of He Jiuniang's matter. Is the prefect really that short-tempered? Or is there some other hidden reason?
Thinking about it this way, her husband, Mr. Li, was still the best. He was angry, but he only told her to apologize and didn't say anything more.
Unlike the prefect, who never goes home when he's unhappy, he must be sleeping with some other little vixen.
She quickly left the Qian family's house, got into the car, and gossiped with her daughter for a while, naturally talking about how her husband, Old Li, was more reliable than the prefect.
The mother and daughter gossiped all the way to Xishuiyuan, only to realize that they had come to apologize. They exchanged an awkward glance, momentarily at a loss for words.
He had originally planned to ask Mrs. Qian to act as a shield, but the plan fell through, so he had to take matters into his own hands.
"When you go in, just apologize and don't say anything else. Your mother will take care of everything, understand?"
Madam Li patted Li Yuan's hand to reassure her, but in reality, she was extremely nervous.
Regardless of anything else, Madam Lu is the wife of her husband's superior, and the reason her husband found out about that matter last night must have been because his superior had given him a heads-up. He doesn't know how difficult his career path will be from now on.
She deliberately chatted and laughed with her daughter the whole way to keep her from getting nervous, but in reality, she was more flustered than anyone else.
If she couldn't get Madam Lu's forgiveness today, she wouldn't know how to explain it to her husband.
With that thought in mind, they had already entered Xishui Garden.
After introducing themselves, the servants of Xishuiyuan led the mother and daughter inside without needing to ask their master's opinion, as if they had already guessed that she would come to apologize.
The mother and daughter walked hand in hand, somewhat nervously, unaware of the storms they were about to face.
He Jiuniang didn't go to the clinic today. After all, she was going back to the village tomorrow, and she wanted to take a break. Anyway, the patients who needed long-term treatment had already been taken care of.
She sat in her yard, drawing patterns on a stone table under a tree. A new batch of new clothes was about to be launched, and she needed to hurry up and draw some new patterns.
She has always been in charge of the clothing design for the ready-to-wear workshop. She didn't think much of it before, but now that there are more and more things to do, she is a little overwhelmed. She is already considering training some new designers to replace her.
I'll discuss this with my family when I get back to the village.
Of course, before that, she still needs to do her job well and not let the clothing workshop's business be delayed.
A maidservant came in and said that Madam Li had arrived. He Jiuniang did not try to hide it and had someone bring Madam Li and her daughter to her courtyard.
Knowing that Madam Li liked to eat Lu Hei Ya (a type of braised duck), they specially had a plate prepared, along with two cups of iced milk tea.
When Madam Li and her daughter came in, they saw He Jiuniang bent over her desk drawing. They didn't know what she was drawing, but the markings on the paper looked somewhat familiar.
The paper that He Jiuniang used to draw the design drafts was printed with the exclusive mark of Jiayuan Pavilion. This kind of paper is easy to preserve and does not easily fade. All the drafts she drew had to be kept as samples and would be carefully treasured by Jiayuan Pavilion.
That's why Madam Li felt that she looked somewhat familiar.
She didn't recognize her, but Li Yuan next to her did. This Madam Lu was actually drawing on paper with the Jiayuan Pavilion mark. What was her relationship with Jiayuan Pavilion?
Thinking this, she quietly moved closer and saw it more clearly, discovering that He Jiuniang had drawn a pattern of a dress.
"Please have a seat, don't be shy. I'm a little busy here, so please wait a moment. You can have something to eat and some milk tea first."
He Jiuniang was gentle and smiled as she spoke to them, as if she had never taken yesterday's events seriously.
When Mrs. Li saw Lu Heiya and the milk tea next to her, her eyes lit up, but remembering that they had come to apologize, she didn't dare to make a move.
“Madam Lu, we have come today to apologize. We were wrong yesterday; we were able to recognize you, and our words were offensive. Please forgive us. From now on, in Jingzhou City, if you ever need anything, please just let us know, and we will never refuse!”
Madam Li curtsied and instructed the maidservants following behind her to bring forward the gifts she had brought.
He Jiuniang was drawing with her head down and didn't look at those things, clearly not interested in them.
Before Madam Li could say anything more to salvage the awkward situation, He Jiuniang spoke up: "Miss Li has been looking at me for quite a while. Are you also interested in painting?"
Li Yuan always thought she was secretly watching He Jiu Niang, and since He Jiu Niang never looked at her, she probably didn't know she was watching her. So she boldly looked at the patterns on the paper. Her eyes sparkled as she looked at the sets of novel outfits. She wanted to ask but didn't dare.
What she didn't expect was that, just as she was engrossed in watching, He Jiuniang caught her red-handed and even called her out.
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